cardboardy

adjective

Definition of cardboardynext
as in fibrous

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  1. fibrous
  2. stringy
  3. leathery
  4. sinewy
Adjective
  • Fibromas develop due to an overgrowth of fibrous connective tissue.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Manufacturers extract collagen, the fibrous protein that connects muscles, bones and skins, and then turn it into gelatin, which is without any flavor or color, according to MedicalNews Today.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of fibrous
Adjective
  • Field pumpkins have a watery, stringy and sometimes bitter taste.
    Claudia Alexander, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • One thing’s for certain: the future of materials science looks sticky, stringy and pretty spectacular.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of stringy
Adjective
  • The earliest figures, naked and missing limbs, some suffering gouges or pocked with what look like the holes of beetle larvae, bring to mind eerie tales of automata or the leathery agonies of bog bodies.
    Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Making her first appearance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, the up-and-comer chose a leathery dress made of dark maroon panels that left a cutout pattern along the side.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 25 Jan. 2023
Definition of leathery
Adjective
  • But the truth is that Neeson, with his towering presence and sinewy resolve, is always better than the movies themselves.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Nicknamed the Blood Wyrm for his color, sinewy build, and taste for violence, Caraxes is significantly younger and smaller than his counterpart.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 8 July 2024
Definition of sinewy
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